United States Urges China to Cut off Crude Oil Supply to North Korea, Isolate Kim Jong-un

United States Urges China to Cut off Crude Oil Supply to North Korea, Isolate Kim Jong-un

Washington : The United States on Wednesday requested China to cut off crude oil supply to North Korea. It also asked all the countries to isolate Kim Jong-un by cutting off all the diplomatic ties with the country. The development came a day after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) leaving if Washington DC could be within Kin Jong’s reach.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley called a meeting with the UN Security Council and observed that North Korea’s latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile “demands that countries further isolate the Kim regime.”Trump called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and urged him to cut off crude oil shipments to North Korea, Haley said. The Security Council had met at the request of United States, Japan, and South Korea to discuss North Korea and its threats. Trump told Jinping that “we have come to the point that China must cut off the oil from North Korea,” Haley said. ”That would be a pivotal step in the world’s effort to stop this international pariah,” she added. The US Ambassador also asked “all nations to cut off all ties with North Korea” and also urged the Security Council to strip North Korea of its rights to vote at the United Nations.
“The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war, not farther from it. If war comes, make no mistake: The North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed,” she said.
North Korea on Wednesday tested its third ICBM and claimed it is capable of striking anywhere in the United States. The missile was launched a week after US President Donald Trump named North Korea in the list of countries that support terrorism.

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